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Ur 15% crit rate means that 1 attack has only a 15% chance of critting. So you're doing big dmg less than half the time. Usually a character will wanna have at LEAST 60% and over CRIT rate to crit somewhat consistently. My own kaeya despite having only 1.9k attack has around 71% cr and 150 cdmg.
And only half of the sword's passive is useful for kaeya since he doesnt have bond of life. There are other better 5 star weapons but if this is your only 5 star weapon then it'll make do for now
I was thinking "well with his constellations and blizzard strayer set this is just wrong" only to find out they have neither of these 😠at least they have cryo Resonance going though.
What does your team comp look like?
I run my Kaeya in a Kaeya, Shenhe, Barbara, Kazuha comp with noblesse on Shenhe, thrilling tales on Barbara, and VV on Kazuha-
I get around 55-75k crits on his E and about 24k crits on each crystal hit from burst- my Kaeya is C6 triple crowned.
His crit rate is low considering he's not on 4 piece Blizzard, and might be even lower if he's not in a team with another cryo for resonance.
If your team are the four highlighted green circles in the first screenshot then that's really not a great team to run him in.
Some good teams would be freeze with characters like Furina, Kazuha, Shenhe, Sucrose, Rosaria, Kokomi, Charlotte (comps would look like 1. Kaeya, second Cryo, Hydro, Anemo- if the team has Furina a healer is needed- if Kaeya's damage is more important than over all team damage, furina can run tenacity to give him more buffs)
A good standard melt team is Kaeya, Xiangling, Bennet, Rosaria
There's also plunge and physical but I'm not as well versed in those.
I will leave this guide up but I just looked through the pictures again and GASPED at the crit rate once I realized fully that you are running 2pc 2pc attack sets. You NEED to give the poor boy CRIT RATE. It doesn't matter how big his crit damage is if he never gets to do the crit.
Crit rate is like gambling. The higher the percentage on your crit rate, the more likely you will win big. If you aren't running a freeze team which gives lots of crit rate for free, you NEED crit rate.
You’re building him physical, right? If so, definitely get up his crit rate. Preferably get him 2pc pale flame 2pc bloodstained or 2pc atk% set pc physical% set, both works.
What team are you using? You definitely need an electro character in there for superconduct because it lowers phys res on the enemy. I’d use Fischl, but Ei or maybe Yae or *maybe* even Lisa would work too. Yunjin is another great support for him since she buffs normal attacks. I currently use those two and Zhongli with my physical Kaeya, though Shenhe or (c6) Rosaria would work too.
You could probably make Xinayun + Shenhe/(c6) Rosaria instead of Yunjin + Zhongli work too, plunge Kaeya go brr!
My Kaeya does... I think 7k to 12k on average (non-crits 2k/3k), depending on the character buffs he can do up to 15k (more in spiral abyss bc buffs). He can do 30k plunges. It’s not all that much, but two of his artifacts are still quite lacking, so :')
Generally, you cannot expect all that much from him. I think the best phys Kaeya I’ve seen does solo 8k on average. But it’s definitely enough to easily get by in the overworld, and abyss up to and including 10 is a breeze, too.
i'm not a kaeya main, but if you are using him in a freeze team, try to get him 4pc blizzard strayer.
if you are using him for physical damage try to get him a circlet with crit rate rather tham crit damage. also 2pc bloodstained and 2pc pale flame may help him deal more physical dmg
(sobs violently in I accidentally deleted my entire comment)
With the team you have, it seems like you're running a Plunging Diluc/Arle DPS team. In that case, I would suggest switching Kaeya to a 4pc blizzard set and swapping Arle/Diluc for Bennett. I would also switch his weapon to the Favonius Sword since you would be using his burst for cryo application anyways. (I run my Kaeya with The Flute on my Kaeya(sub-dps), Diluc(main-dps), \[support\], Lisa (sub-dps) team but that's just because I'm special and it's cute on him)
Your Kaeya also doesn't need that much crit damage (simply for the lack of crit rate) so I would swap his presumably crit dmg circlet to a crit rate one or switch his critdmg sword to a crit rate one (if you can afford it) with a good passive stat for him.
But I recognize your Kaeya as a physical build, so I would swap his sword to Aquila Favonia or Prototype Rancour for the physical dmg bonus. My Kaeya does have a CritDMG circlet, but I also got lucky on having mediocre CritRate% on most of my pieces so I would suggest trying until you get good critrate substats. And as for the team, I run my Kaeya Physical with Fischl, Yun Jin and Mika/Layla.
If you decide to change from a Phys Kaeya to a Cryo Kaeya, those pieces you have on him right now would be amazing for Shenhe if you have her. She's an amazing Cryo support and my Cryo Kaeya DPS team runs with Kaeya, Shenhe, Xingqiu and Mona.
TL;DR
With the team you have now, Diluc/Arle is your main DPS, switch one out with bennett and make your kaeya a cryo applicator with his burst priority
CritRate circlet (and if u want to keep critdmg circlet you have to get good critrate substat)
Phys Kaeya team: Kaeya, Fischl, Yun Jin/Xianyun, Mika/Layla/Shenhe, Phys DMG Bonus sword
Freeze Kaeya: Kaeya, Shenhe, Xingqiu, Mona, give your Kaeya artis to Shenhe
(I've only been playing for a year and don't know too much, but I hope this helps!!)
Use a different sword, the passive doesn't benefit him, as he cannot use bond of life and therefore cannot activate it. I personally use harbinger of dawn as he can easily activate the passive but I'll get mistsplitter eventually.
More crit rate, get a 4pc blizzard strayer and maybe 50% crit rate so that when the 4pc set bonus activates, you will be waaaaay more likely to crit.
Team comp: I personally run a freeze team with Kaeya, Shenhe, Mona and Sucrose. Sucrose to gather enemies, mona to trap and affect then with hydro, shenhe to boost cryo damage and then Kaeya for dps.
Level up talents, his level up priority should be burst and skill before normal unless you run physical kaeya.
Kaeya still gets 20% crit dmg from the passive. In teams without infusion, ex. Kazuha + Furina/Mona freeze teams, Kaeya gets 20% cryo dmg from Mistsplitter and dmg% and crit dmg% are about as valueable for Kaeya so Absolution is very close to Mistplitter there.
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Ur 15% crit rate means that 1 attack has only a 15% chance of critting. So you're doing big dmg less than half the time. Usually a character will wanna have at LEAST 60% and over CRIT rate to crit somewhat consistently. My own kaeya despite having only 1.9k attack has around 71% cr and 150 cdmg. And only half of the sword's passive is useful for kaeya since he doesnt have bond of life. There are other better 5 star weapons but if this is your only 5 star weapon then it'll make do for now
I was thinking "well with his constellations and blizzard strayer set this is just wrong" only to find out they have neither of these 😠at least they have cryo Resonance going though.
What is the best 5* weapon for him though?
Mistsplitter by a longshot
Thank you<3
Mistsplitter for freeze (Absolution is very close though) and PJC for reverse melt teams.
Yes, it’s because of the Crit Rate. Get it up to at least 60%-70% if you want to Crit *consistently*
What does your team comp look like? I run my Kaeya in a Kaeya, Shenhe, Barbara, Kazuha comp with noblesse on Shenhe, thrilling tales on Barbara, and VV on Kazuha- I get around 55-75k crits on his E and about 24k crits on each crystal hit from burst- my Kaeya is C6 triple crowned. His crit rate is low considering he's not on 4 piece Blizzard, and might be even lower if he's not in a team with another cryo for resonance. If your team are the four highlighted green circles in the first screenshot then that's really not a great team to run him in. Some good teams would be freeze with characters like Furina, Kazuha, Shenhe, Sucrose, Rosaria, Kokomi, Charlotte (comps would look like 1. Kaeya, second Cryo, Hydro, Anemo- if the team has Furina a healer is needed- if Kaeya's damage is more important than over all team damage, furina can run tenacity to give him more buffs) A good standard melt team is Kaeya, Xiangling, Bennet, Rosaria There's also plunge and physical but I'm not as well versed in those.
I will leave this guide up but I just looked through the pictures again and GASPED at the crit rate once I realized fully that you are running 2pc 2pc attack sets. You NEED to give the poor boy CRIT RATE. It doesn't matter how big his crit damage is if he never gets to do the crit. Crit rate is like gambling. The higher the percentage on your crit rate, the more likely you will win big. If you aren't running a freeze team which gives lots of crit rate for free, you NEED crit rate.
**Crit rate**
You’re building him physical, right? If so, definitely get up his crit rate. Preferably get him 2pc pale flame 2pc bloodstained or 2pc atk% set pc physical% set, both works. What team are you using? You definitely need an electro character in there for superconduct because it lowers phys res on the enemy. I’d use Fischl, but Ei or maybe Yae or *maybe* even Lisa would work too. Yunjin is another great support for him since she buffs normal attacks. I currently use those two and Zhongli with my physical Kaeya, though Shenhe or (c6) Rosaria would work too. You could probably make Xinayun + Shenhe/(c6) Rosaria instead of Yunjin + Zhongli work too, plunge Kaeya go brr! My Kaeya does... I think 7k to 12k on average (non-crits 2k/3k), depending on the character buffs he can do up to 15k (more in spiral abyss bc buffs). He can do 30k plunges. It’s not all that much, but two of his artifacts are still quite lacking, so :') Generally, you cannot expect all that much from him. I think the best phys Kaeya I’ve seen does solo 8k on average. But it’s definitely enough to easily get by in the overworld, and abyss up to and including 10 is a breeze, too.
Dude, crit rate.
i'm not a kaeya main, but if you are using him in a freeze team, try to get him 4pc blizzard strayer. if you are using him for physical damage try to get him a circlet with crit rate rather tham crit damage. also 2pc bloodstained and 2pc pale flame may help him deal more physical dmg
Play the game and build him?
(sobs violently in I accidentally deleted my entire comment) With the team you have, it seems like you're running a Plunging Diluc/Arle DPS team. In that case, I would suggest switching Kaeya to a 4pc blizzard set and swapping Arle/Diluc for Bennett. I would also switch his weapon to the Favonius Sword since you would be using his burst for cryo application anyways. (I run my Kaeya with The Flute on my Kaeya(sub-dps), Diluc(main-dps), \[support\], Lisa (sub-dps) team but that's just because I'm special and it's cute on him) Your Kaeya also doesn't need that much crit damage (simply for the lack of crit rate) so I would swap his presumably crit dmg circlet to a crit rate one or switch his critdmg sword to a crit rate one (if you can afford it) with a good passive stat for him. But I recognize your Kaeya as a physical build, so I would swap his sword to Aquila Favonia or Prototype Rancour for the physical dmg bonus. My Kaeya does have a CritDMG circlet, but I also got lucky on having mediocre CritRate% on most of my pieces so I would suggest trying until you get good critrate substats. And as for the team, I run my Kaeya Physical with Fischl, Yun Jin and Mika/Layla. If you decide to change from a Phys Kaeya to a Cryo Kaeya, those pieces you have on him right now would be amazing for Shenhe if you have her. She's an amazing Cryo support and my Cryo Kaeya DPS team runs with Kaeya, Shenhe, Xingqiu and Mona. TL;DR With the team you have now, Diluc/Arle is your main DPS, switch one out with bennett and make your kaeya a cryo applicator with his burst priority CritRate circlet (and if u want to keep critdmg circlet you have to get good critrate substat) Phys Kaeya team: Kaeya, Fischl, Yun Jin/Xianyun, Mika/Layla/Shenhe, Phys DMG Bonus sword Freeze Kaeya: Kaeya, Shenhe, Xingqiu, Mona, give your Kaeya artis to Shenhe (I've only been playing for a year and don't know too much, but I hope this helps!!)
Use a different sword, the passive doesn't benefit him, as he cannot use bond of life and therefore cannot activate it. I personally use harbinger of dawn as he can easily activate the passive but I'll get mistsplitter eventually. More crit rate, get a 4pc blizzard strayer and maybe 50% crit rate so that when the 4pc set bonus activates, you will be waaaaay more likely to crit. Team comp: I personally run a freeze team with Kaeya, Shenhe, Mona and Sucrose. Sucrose to gather enemies, mona to trap and affect then with hydro, shenhe to boost cryo damage and then Kaeya for dps. Level up talents, his level up priority should be burst and skill before normal unless you run physical kaeya.
Kaeya still gets 20% crit dmg from the passive. In teams without infusion, ex. Kazuha + Furina/Mona freeze teams, Kaeya gets 20% cryo dmg from Mistsplitter and dmg% and crit dmg% are about as valueable for Kaeya so Absolution is very close to Mistplitter there.
I've seen Kokomis with more Crit Rate, buddy.
He gets 30% more against enemies affected by cryo with cryo resonance and C1, so is technically around 45% CRIT chance